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The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
BASE BALL.
THE PoRrLANps.


Yesterday a PRESS reporter met a gentle
man who has just returned from the South,
and who saw several Of the exhibition games
which the Portlands had been playing there.
He says Portland people will be well pleased
with their team. They are all gsntlemanly
fellows, several Of them having fine educa-
tion, and made good appearance. Andrus,
the left fielder, has been a school teacher
and Duffy, one of the catchers, Is well
posted young man. These two, 1t Is pre-
dicted, will be favorites nj this city. The
men are heavier built on an average than
those Of last years team. On batting the
gentleman ranks them as nearly % per cent.
ahead Of last years men. Manager Spence
Is well satisfied with them. Andrus and
Bell, the two regular felders, are good bat
tiers and excellent base runners. Hatfield
and Shoeneck are showing up wonderfully
in the practice games, and Lufberry at short
and Barber at second are proving to be men
well fitted for their places. Behind the bat
the club Is as strong as last year. In Duffy
and Thayer they have two catchers who are
equal If not superior to O'Rourke and
Reilley. Duffy Is considered as good, II not
better, in batting, base running and throw
ing to bases as O'Rourke, but is not quite so
cool headed as the latter. The only trouble
in the team is the pitchers. As the trip was
taken simply to try several who could not be
judged by the new rules without trial under
them, Manager Spence is not at all dis
mayed at the result, but has negotiations
pending with several first class men who will
strengthen the only weak place in the team.
Hendershot never was signed and will not
be. He has great speed, but no control Of
the ball. Davine has good control Of the
ball, but under the new rules can1ot get the
necessary speed to be effective. Burns has
good speed and Manager Spence
sSsd good pitcher. In the Second wash
ington game he got very nervous and lost
ali control of the ball. This is his only
trouble, and Mr.. Spence Is putting him
through course of training and is confident
that his efforts will be repaid. In the Ham
ilton game which resulted 20 to against
Portland, Burns pitched the first half and
Hendershot the last. When Burns went out
of the box the game stood to 1 in favor of
Portland. The Hamiltons acknowledged
that they would have been beaten If Burns
had staid in the box. The Hamiltons went
south with six pitchers and Horner was the
only one they would trust against the
Portlands. They tried two others but took
them out of the box to substitute Horner
each time. The gentleman states as an evil
team outside of the box, the fact that the
errors have not been numerous asthey gen
orally are when there Is such heavy batting
against team.
While in Richmond, Horner and Warner
OF the Hamlltons, urged Mr.. Spence
strongly 70 give young pitcher named
Watts OF Baltimore a trial, and he will dt
50; MIR. Spence has set his heart on making
TINS year team q winning one, and II h(
succeeds IN securing one or two pitchers hC
ne Is aIter ne thinks he will be pretty sure
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
THE NEW LIQUOR LAW.
A Test Case at Once Likely to be
Made.
Collector of Revenue Murphy Refuses
to Testify in Court.
The State of Affairs Brought About
by Liquor Trial.

AUGUSTA, April 13-In the Superior Court
this afternoon, the case of the State vs. Reu-
ben G. Hall of Gardiner, for keeping a
liquor nuisance. was on trial, and one of the
witnesses called was Deputy Collector of In
ternal Revenue Thomas f. Murphy, 70 testi-
fy relative to the payment by Hall of a re-
tail liquor dealers special tax. The witness
refused to furnish any evidence or informa-
tlon whatever in regard to the payment of
the tax by the respondent on the ground that
as public officer he could not feel justified
In doing that which might tend to reduce the
collections of internal revenue in his dis
trict. Mr.. Murphy said he was acting under
instructions from Collector Redman. The
court did not regard the witness as contu-
macious, but ordered an attachment against
him as being in contempt of court and or.
dered him into the custody of the sheriff.
The witnesses own recognizance was taken
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when he
will be required to be present as witness.
Mr.. Murphy states than he will not testify.
and if ordered to Jail will at once apply to
Judge Webb of Portland for writ of habe-
as corpus, that the case may go before the
United States Court for decision.
Should Mr.. Murphy be sustained in his
course by that court then the section of the
new liquor law which makes the payment of
a retail liquor dealers tax prinaa fdcie evil
dence is likely to be badly shattered, for un-
less the testimony and records of the internal
revenue department can be obtained 1t will
be very difficult to prove that such tax is
maid
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
HEARING vs.. SIGHT.
How Far from Portland Can Fog
Horns and Cannon be Heard.

To the Editor Of the Press:
The numerous and prompt responses to my
query as to the distance at which the glare
Of the street lights Of the city, could be seen,
suggests further inquiry of how. far city
and coast sounds can be heard. One Of my
neighbors thinks he can hear the blast Of
the Cape Elizabeth fog horns, which very
much doubt. There is only two seconds diff
ference between the blasts at the Cape, and
those from Portland Head, which is the
shortest, being forty seconds. This is hard
ly difference enough to distinguish them
Two or three years ago, Bath paper claim
ed that the f0g-signal at Seguin, some fifteen
miles distant, could be heard at Bath under
ertain conditions of the atmosphere.
In my boyhood the six-pounder guns of
the artillery company, which we're then al
ways. used in the firing Of salutes, could be
heard here with the wind from any quarter.
The larger guns now used for the same pur-
pose do not seem to be heard any more dis
tinctly. 1t was claimed that Perry's guns,
at the battle Of Lake Erie in September,
1913, were heard at Cleveland, 10 miles dis
tant. These iguns, with those captured by
him from the British. remained at the naval
depot at Erie until 1926 On their journey
to the naval station at Brooklyn in the au-
tumn of that year, they were made to do
telegraph duty. Before the opening Of the
Erie Canal they were distributed along the
whole line at intervals of about ten miles.
When the first fleet of boats left Buffalo on
that occasion, the fact was announced at the
city of New York, over 800 miles, in one
hour and twenty minutes by the serial dis
charge of these cannon, and response from
the seaboard was received at Buffalo in the
same space Of time.
The most notable cannonading in Portland
since Mowatt's bombardment in 1775, was
on the occasion of the embarkation of the
Prince of Wales, in October, 1860. His own
squadron of three ships. and the British At
lantic squadron, numbering five ships, under
the command of Admiral Milne, were anchor
ed in line, and royal salute was twice fired
from each ship at the same time, as rapidly
as possible. one when he entered the barge
at the wharf, and again when he stepped on
to the deck of his ship; and another salute
was given by each ship on passing the forts,
soon after, which was answered at Fort
Preble, gun for gun. The most of the guns
of the ships were of IL inches calibre, which
made it a good test for the determining of the
distance at which the report of cannon can
be heard.
l hope people at a distance who heard
these guns seventeen years ago, will give us,
through the PRESS, their recollections of
this and kindred occurrences. w. G.
Windham, April 18th.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
s. p C of A

At a special meeting Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, called to
take action in regard to the death Of Emery
S. Ridlon, ESQ.,, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has learned with profound
sorrow Of the death of one of its members, Emery
). Ridlon, Esq. whom God hath removed from
us in the prime Of his manhood;
ResoLred, That in the death of Emery S. RidlOn,
Esq, this Society has lost one of its most active
and efficient directors and its able and faithful
attorney; and that we shall with deep regret,
miss from our councils a wise counsellor, and the
members OF the Society genial aud an earnest
coworker, TO whose unirlng labors this Society Is
greatly Indebted for much OF its success.
Resotred, That, while we bow submissively to
the Divine will, in this mysterious providence; we
feel sense of personal bereavement, and sincere
ly sympathize with the afflicted family, in this
their great sorrow, and commend them as our
selves to the only cons0ler of our griefs- the Good
Father, who doeth all things well.''
Resotred, That these resolutions be spread up
on the records of this Society," and copy thereof
be sent to the family OF our deceased friend
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
Holidays.
To the Editor Of the Press.

To the Editor Of the Press:
The PRESS of April 18th takes from the
Manchester Union under the subject Of
holidays the statement that the proposition
to make Labor day holiday has led to much
newspaper comment on the need Of more
holidays, but the great fact appears to be
overlooked that Americans do not know
how TO enjoy holiday when they have one.
Capacity to enjoy holidays is national
trait, and cannot be manufactured off hand
by legislation"
The principal feature in the above is "the
need of more holidays" which Is true 1t
has been associated with the expression that
Americans 60 too fast and do not stop long
enought to rest. Much might be said Of the
benefit to employer and employed resulting
from such bright spots in the turmoil of life.
Capacity to enjoy holidays" might be
profitably discussed. The act Of legislation
comforting the day would be a blessing in
addition those which we lalready have. Be
ginning with New Years, we next have
February 22d, then Fast Day in April; next,
Memorial Day Both of May; 4th Of July
THANKSGIVING in November, and. last for the
year, Christmas, December 25th. These,
seven of them are legal holidays. The long
est intervening space between any Is from
July 4th to Thanksgiving usually late in
November. Very thankful for these, how
much gratitude would be felt and due for an
intervening day between July 4th and
November, say in the latter part of August
or sometime in September. VIII the press
generally support this plea for
RECREATION.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14

intention also to proceed against the COM
pany for damages, If the charges against
any of the men under arrest are not sus-
tained. The counsel for the prisoners have
not vet determined on plan of defence,
but saw thew are waiting the result of the
hearing Monday. The case against the pris-
oners will then be disclosed and thus let the
men know what they are expected to meet
Every effort is being made by the attorneys
for the railroad to push the cases so that
they can be heard by the present grand jury
and thus secure the trial at the present term
of court. The United States authorities
have decided to proceed against the
Pan Handle plunderers for breaking into
government bonded cars. An investigation
Is now in progress and will be laid before
the Department of Justice for further action.
The only arrest today was G; w. Foresha,
who was Captured at Golfers, w. Va, and
brought to this city. tonight; There are
more charges against him. This makes SO
men now under arrest. 1t is said the rob
berries were of greater extent than reported.
Already 100000 worth of stolen property
has been recovered. Had all the stealing
employees been arrested 1t Is believed the
operation of road would have been stopped.
There were at least LOG informations, and on
an average each information contained the
names of three persons. A number of sus-
pected employees have fled.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
THE FREsHETs.
The Waters Still High and Consider
able Damage Reported.

HAvERHILL, Mass, April 13-The water
is very high in Merrimac river at this point,
and the basement of the stores on Washing
ton street are submerged. though the damage
is slight at the present time.
CoNToocooK, N. H., April 13.-The water
in the river at this place stood this morning
at about the same level as "A hours before.
There twas rise and fall again later, cool
weather preventing the thawing of snow.
There is yet much snow on the ground and
continuous warm spell can hardly fail to
keep the water at high level.
PITTsFIELD, Mass, April 13.-The water
at Lee is higher that for % years past and
damage is feared from some of the dams
used in connection with privilege. Some of
the roads are flooded, washouts are frequent,
and at Crow Hollow the bridge is floating on
piers, but not swept away. Fears are enter
tanned that the bridge at South Lee will go.
The water is so high that the fire in the
boiler room Of the Eagle Paper mill we're exi
tinguished. Housatonic river has over
flowed and flooded the meadows and doing
considerable damage.
WATERBURY, April 13.-The water has
not been so high before in Bolton since the
great flood of 1880, when the farmers were
obliged to leave their houses, and cattle and
sheep were drowned. The ice gorge has
damned the river.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
a SHARP LETTER
on the Irish Question by Henry
Labouchere.

NEW YORK, April 13.-The World prints
the following despatch from Henry Labou-
chere Of London:
II do not mince matters. l am of the
school of qui veut la fin, veut les moyens III
!, were Russian, and if it were clear to me
that the only means of fighting Idespotism in
Russia were those pursued by the Nihilists,
Nihilist should be. If the government
here suppresses all legitimate expression of
opinion in Ireland in order to force on
that country Tory policy, and hand over
It's people to the tender mercies of raekrent-
ing landlords, on the government be the con-
sequences At all costs it must be demon
stratlvely proved that Ireland cannot be
ruled by coercion, and that the only mode of
maintaining law and order there is to make
tne aforesaid consequences reflex of Irish
opinion. 1t it be necessary, secret societies
must replace the constitutional associations
which the government is trying to suppress.
war must be met by war. If the govern
ment ,iNt uses arms Of despotism to crush out
hperty the people must reply by the use Of
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
An Excellent Picture.

There may be seen on exhibition at Stubs
art store in Harrington block, on Congress
street, fine example Of repousse work, done
at odd moments by Mr., o. P. T. Wish, rep
resenting female head in profile, handsome
ly mounted in a rich plush frame. The sub
ject Is admirably handled, and for express
ion, delineati0n of outline, aud general de-
tail Of finish 1t Is an admirable piece OF
work. Embossed brass work opens out an
excellent field for amateurs. IL Is quite easy
10 learn, few lessons In most cases sumclns
cess The manufacture and great demand
for brass goods, for furniture and ornamen-
tai purposes, In New York and other large
cities, has called public attention In THIS di-
rection and created general desire Ior thM
sort of thing al home Orders for work or
for instruction may be left with Mr.. Stubs.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
ERAL NEWS.

Senator Plumb of Kansas is at New York
to see Mrs. Plumb, who has been under
medical treatment there all winter, and
who is now much improved.
Rev. E. P. Roe, the novelist, has already
received $1,000 in royalties on his latest book,
HE Fell in Love with His Wife"
!. President Eliot of Harvard is at gresent in
Tunis, where he is enjoying himself very
much. He proposes visiting Malta, Sicily
and Southern Italy.
A vigilance committee from Brown county.
Neb., overlook two young horse thieves near
Sargent. and shot and killed one of them
Jos. Arnold, and captured the other, JAS
Boham.
The funeral of John T. Raymond. the
actor. took place in "The Little Church
Around the Corner" in New York yesterday.
The accomplces Of the Pan Handle rob-
bers are threatening the railroad authorities
with death if they make any more arrests.
The Providence Daily Republican has
suspended publication.
At Newport, vt, yesterday young man
whose name Is not known committed suicide
by throwing himself under train.
Eugene Andre Oudane, the French sculp-
tor, is dead, aged 81.
Copious rains have fallen in the grazing
districts of Texas where most needed
William Augusta Soyille, artist, died at
Cannes Of heart disease, yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
Island News.

Captain Weeks new island steamer will
be launched on Fast Day. She will probably
be named either the Olivette or Greenwood.
Greenwood Garden will be open July 4th
with the Wilkinson Opera Company. The
chorus will be taken from the Ideal Opera
Company.
1t is proposed to convert the ballroom
and bowling alley, formerly connected with
the Ottawa Hotel, Cushing's Island, into a
restaurant for this summer for the accom-
mediation of the cottagers. The occupants
of the cottages already built, with those of
the seven new ones now building, will num-
so or rs. Captain Maxwell of Peaks Island
has the contract for drilling the artesian
wells on Cushing's Island, and has COM
menced work on the one adjoining the
Thaxter cottage.
The steamers Of the Star line commence
running to Peaks and Cushing's Island this
week
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
A Description of the Full Scope OF
Its Work.

The increasing interest in the work Of the
Associated Charities leads to many inquir-
les and some criticisms that 1t seems well to
answer. While to some the matter offered
will be trite it is certain that with others
considerable misapprehension still exists.
That the organization tends to the sup
preston Of individual benevolence is not an
uncommon idea but certainly a most mistak-
en- one.
The proper working Of organized charity
never lessons the contact Of the fortunate
with the unfortunate or diminishes the rec
ognized claim Of the one upon the other. Its
leading thought is to 'bridge the gulf or
rather to ignore its existence, to make the
brotherhood of man a living truth instead of
a dead letter. While striving to diminish
the thousands spend for pauperism 1t hopes
to double every dollar In expenditure for the
things touching to its Suppression, for en-
ployment agencies, for the suppression of
drunkenness, for better homes, for better
sanitary conditions, for everything tending
to the removal of sources Of evil, Of the
causes of extreme poverty.
Again, can anything be more destructive
to benevolent feeling than the constant ex-
perience that its action has encouraged
fraud stimulated vice, or, at the very best,
been hopelessly sunk in sea Of thriftless-
ness, shiftlessness and idleness? Can any
thing be more stimulating to the senti-
ment of true charity than to know that every
dollar given will go, straight as an arrow to
its mark, to relieve real needs, either to COM
fort the worthy fallen into misfortune, or II
it gOes-as for humanity's sake it sometimes
must-to the unworthy, 1t Is given with
knowledge, and in ways to lead upwards not
dOwnwards.
sim further in reply to the above objection
let 1t be remembered that every case referred
to us for examination will be reported TO the
impulses and his assistance in its relief most
gladly welcomed.
The following communication has been
received:
PORTLAND, April 8, 1887.
To the Secretary of the associated Charities;
At the monthly meeting Of the Board OF Mana
gers Of the Portland PrOvldent Association the
following vote was unanimously given a passage:
Voted That this Association express its Oblga-
t0n to the managers. secretary and visitors Of the
Associated Charities for their very efficient help
during the past season.
l am, yours, Sc,
f.ro ~ GOIrTn gqcsv
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14

Pensions have been granted to residents of
Maine as follows:
James Doyle, original, Greenfield.
Charles A. Sloman, increase, Portland.
James A. Stevens, reissue and increase Winter
Harbor
William j. Cormick, restoration and reissue,
Ellsworth.
Thomas Leonard, reissue Centre Montville.
Sarah b. widow of John Douglass, North
Bangor
David Savage, original Someryille.
Rufus A. Hale, original, Biddeford.
Cyrus w. Twltchell, original, South Paris.
Duncan McPhail increase, Perry.
Rufus r. Milliken, increase, Sangerville.
John Sheridan, reissue and increase, North
Whitefeld.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-14
PRICE THREE CENTS.

to come out very near the head. The play
ers in the South and West are almost un.n-
imously opposed to many of the new rules.
IT Is too hard on the pitchers and many Of
them are getting, badly used up. Il Is
thought that the rules will be changed be-
fore the season Is far advanced and there
fore the manager whose pitchers do not APP
pear to be Just what they should be at first
may come out best after all.
BRIDGEPoRTs. 14;PoRTLANDs,
The game between the Bridgeports and
Portlands at Bridgeport, Conn, yesterday,
resulted in score Of IA to 8 In favor OF the
Bridgeports.
Yesterdays GAMES.
At Cambridge Harvard, g.; Institute OF
Technology, nothing.
At Cincinnati Chicagos, {: st. Louis. 3.
AT Philadelphia -Athletics,l 4; Philadel-
phias, 4. (Ten innings.)
AT Baltimore-Washingtons, g.; Balti-
At Brooklyn-Bo -Bostons, 0; Brooklyns. 6.
Az Jersey City--JeTsey Citys II: Yales. A.
AT New 1Ork-The New YOrks were de-
feated by the Columbia College nine today
fooled with the students until It was too
late.
NOTES.
Hatfield Is taking a short vacation and
Manager Spence will don the uniform In his
absence.
Portland people may see one or two OF
there last years fayorites back here before
the season Is far advanced. There are sew
eral they would like 10 see who will come
here II wanted II they do not remain where
they are.
Conway and Madden have been sent back
10 Boston and will not pitch any more
OF the exhibition games. 0'ROurke Is
suffering from strain, and has also been
sent back home.
The Portlands play in Hartford today and
tomorrow.
Haley has been released from the Haver-
hills on account Of his intemperate habits.
me managers say they will have no men on
their team who cannot control their anne
tites. Roach, another Of the HayerhilPs
pitchers has been :sent home. but not re-
leased.
Riley and MeGoyern viii be the battery for
the Dirigos Of this city this year.